Quality Assurance Tech

Our extremely popular client is looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer the team responsible for the customer shopping experience including search, browse and the purchase of eBooks and subscriptions on reading devices and the website.

Our Quality Assurance Engineers test code at the user level, both manually and with automated tools. They are not pure Black Box testers; they are grey box testers able to understand software internals, debug problems using log files, and write automated tests with Perl/Java scripts and/or user-level automated tools. We are looking for a talented, detail, oriented Quality Assurance Engineer who is passionate about quality and enthusiastic about cutting edge technology.

Quality Assurance Engineers work with Software Development Engineers to understand features and technical implementation. They also work with groups such as Product Management, User Interaction, and Customer Support to understand customer usage models and develop test plans and suites that approximate real-world environments and regression tests driving the software development process toward quality-centric methodologies.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- BS in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience
- 2+ years of software testing experience
- Background in automation using Java or applicable languages
- Strong knowledge of QA methodology and tools
- Ability to understand technical specifications and analyze log files

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Familiarity with Eclipse IDE or equivalent
- Comfortable communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings
- Strong organizational skills, tracking multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesizing the results
- Creativity and initiative to improve product coverage and effectiveness